My manual TD4 has suddenly (well, that's how it seems) become very sluggish.
It now takes an eternity to accelerate through gears 1 to 4, and not until around 2500 revs does there seem to be any power (turbo kicks in?).
I can be doing 55mph in 4th, change up to 5th and, with my foot to the floor, the car slows down to 50 or less. And a mild incline in the road has the same effect - the bloody thing slows down. There just seems to be a complete lack of power.
Anyone got any suggestions?
Neil
Air flow meter? This is the most likely problem on similar engines with the same symptom.
Huw
Hi, This happened to m Td4 twice. First was a split air pipe to the turbo (apparently very common according to the recovery tech). Second time was turbo failure (much less likely) Check all the rubbery/plasticky pipe type stuff. Front RHS when facing engine bay.
Cheers, Stew.
Spot on! Had the air flow meter replaced today. Runs like new...almost :)
Neil
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